Member Accomplishments

Internal Medicine 2008 Abstract Presenters

We are honored to have 11 Chapter Members represent our Chapter for the Associate and Medical Student Abstract Competition to be held during Internal Medicine.

  • Linda D. Bobo, MD, from the Baystate Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster An Insidious Listeria Monocytogenes Infection In A Hiv-Infected Patient
  • Sarah L. Dews, MD, from the Baystate Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Capecitabine-Induced Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia In A Diabetic Patient
  • Zandra Ferrufino-Ponce, MD, from the Mount Auburn Hospital was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Subacute Endocarditis
  • Praveena Gandikota, MD, from the Albert Einstein Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Central Diabetes Insipidus As An Initial Manifestation Of Neurosarcoidosis
  • David C. Kaelber, MD, PhD, from the Massachusetts General Hospital Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Complications Of Anabolic Steriod Use
  • Basil Lau, MD, from the Baystate Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Splenic Arterial Embolization: A Treatment Option For Hypersplenism
  • Kriti Mittal, MBBS, from the St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Daptomycin-Induced Hepatic And Renal Failure Without Myositis
  • Laxman Prajapat, MBBS, MD, from the St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster Rothia Mucilaginous Endocarditis Causing Rapid Destruction Of A Native Aortic Valve!
  • Shilpa Sharma, MBBS, from the MetroWest Medical Center Program was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster "Rhupus Syndrome"-Overlap Of Ra And Sle: A Report Of 2 Cases
  • Ayesha R. Sheikh, MD, from the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island was selected in the Clinical Vignette Category for the Poster An Unusual Cause Of Dysphagia
  • Adi Leiba, MD, from the Mount Auburn Hospital was selected in the Researh Category for the Poster The Effectiveness Of Education Strategies On Clinicians'

The Chapter recognizes and congratulates these Massachusetts Chapter physicians who were elected to Fellowship in the College in January 2008 and April 2008:

January 2008
  • Samuel H. Borden, MD, FACP - Springfield
  • James C. Chingos, MD, FACP - Mashpee
  • Scott K. Epstein, MD, FACP - Boston
  • Kenneth I. Freedman, MD, FACP - Jamaica Plain
  • Pamela I. Hartzband, MD, FACP - Boston
  • Chiang J. Li, MD, FACP - Cambridge
  • David L. Longworth, MD, FACP - Springfield
  • Joel H. Popkin, MD, FACP - Shrewsbury
  • Christopher W. Shanahan, MD, MPH, FACP - West Roxbury
  • Thomas L. Treadwell, MD, FACP - Framingham
  • John N. Unterborn, MD, FACP - Boston
April 2008
  • Shalender Bhasin, MD, FACP - Boston
  • Helen W. Boucher, MD, FACP - Boston
  • Mariana C. Castells, MD, PhD, FACP - Boston
  • Cary M. Dash, MD, FACP - Longmeadow
  • Eric M. Flint, MD, FACP - Cambridge
  • P. David Jarry, MD, MBA, FACP - Holden
  • Patricia A. Kritek, MD, FACP - Boston
  • Jeffrey A. Linder, MD, MPH, FACP - Boston
  • Timothy E. McAlindon, DM, MPH, FACP - Boston
  • Stuart B. Mushlin, MD, FACP - Brookline
  • Andrew O. Nichols, MD, FACP - Lexington
  • Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD, FACP - Wellesley
  • Gary M. Strauss, MD, MPH, FACP - Boston
  • Margaret M. Sullivan, MD, FACP - Boston
  • Wayne M. Trebbin, MD, FACP - Salem
  • Richard A. Van Etten, MD, PhD, FACP - West Roxbury
  • Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH, FACP - Boston


The Massachusetts Chapter would like to thank the following members for recruiting their colleagues as part of ACP's Recruit-a-Colleague program:

David A. Halle, MD
Robert S. Janett, MD, FACP
David C. Kaelber, MD
Jose A. Monteiro, MD, FACP
Stephanie Quarno, MD
Roy M. Rubin, MD, FACP


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Barry Z. Izenstein, MD, FACP,
Governor, Massachusetts Chapter

Julie Kealey
Governor's Assistant
Ph: 781-434-7317
E-mail: jkealey@mms.org